Erdős problem 501 · problems.science

For every $x \in \mathbb{R}$ let $A_x \subset \mathbb{R}$ be a bounded set of Lebesgue outer measure $< 1$ . Must there be an infinite independent set, that is an infinite $X \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ with $x \notin A_y$ for all distinct $x, y \in X$ ?

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